Nail or spike puller.



G. W. TROGNER.

NAIL OR SPIKE FULLER.

APPLIOATION FILER SEPT. 30, 1907.

M9 337; Patented Feb.15,1910.

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vided with an ordinary clawifi toengage the head of the nail or spike. A bearin f shoes bnrrnzo satire GEORGE w. recon-an, or NEILLSVILLE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO smear BRULEY,

Parana oration.

0F -NEILLSVILLE, WISCONSIN.

NAIL 0R SPIKE FULLER.

Specification of Application filed September so, 1907. Serial No. 395,074.

Be it known that I, Gnome W. 'lnoonnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at- Neillsville, county of Clark, and State of Visconsin, have invented new i and useful Improvements in Nail or Spike.,.iliiinllers, of which the followin is a specification.

My invention re ates to improvements in nail or-spike pullers.

The object of my invention is to provide a tool of'this class with anadjustable rocker bearing member which'can be readily moved into and out of the position of use to raise or lower the fulcrum bearing .point. to improve the form of the tool and bearing member. Q

In the following-description reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a side View of a tool embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a planview of Z a. handle bar 1 has a portion'Q curved downwardly and then upwardly with reference to the axis of the bar, preterablyin the arc of a circle and .the extremity prohas the lower surface curved segmentally and an upper surfacewonforming generally to the contour of the underside of thep'ortion 2, the up or and lowersurfaces converging to tlie en 5 nearest the elaw.- Near the rear end of the shoe, arms 6 extend upbar and are connected above the portion 2 by a bolt 7 and nut 53, by means of which the arms 6 may be clampedagainst the pot.- tion-2 and made to bind with any desired degree of'rigidity. These arms are preferably formed integrally with the shoefia, the material being suiiiciently resilient. to'yield when the nut is tightened. It-isnot necessary, howeizer, to clamp the shoe rigidly in position, and the arms wiii preferably. be caused-t0 bind only with suiiicient force to resist ach'ange in adjustment by gravity or by a light pressure;

.ln use, when the head of the nail or spike rateatea Feb. 15,1916? projects but slightly, the shoe 4 may be pushed upwardly along the handle as shown in dotted lines. Where the head occupies a raised position, however, the shoe 4 ,is adjusted to position of use as shown in full lines, thus furnishing a fulcrum hearing close to thenail although the claw is then in a raised position.

The outer or uoper end of the bar 1 is preferably tapere or wedge shaped t o' engage under the head and start the naii or,

spike. The tapered portion is preferably made slightly convex on one .side as shown at a and concave on the other side as shown at o, the extremity of this side being substan-' tially parallel to the axis.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new anddesire to secure by 'Letters Patentis, r

A tool of the described class, comprising a handle bar having'one end curved downwardly and then forwanlly and -1i1)i\.;t r 1 ly, with substantially" uniform curvature, t-g a tapered and forked-extreinity, and a bearing member adjustably secured to the under sur face "of the curved portion, said bearing I member belng 1n the form of a curved wedgewith its thin edge extending in the direiztioi'ij. of said forked extremityand its inner snrfa eednt'orming substantially to the ,curv'a-,

ture of the claw end of the bar, the outer surface of said member being of g-reater curvature but adapted, in any position, of"

adjustment, to form with the forked extremity a substantially continuous rocker fulcrum bearing,'a set of clamping arms projecting from the rear end of the bearing member and straddling said bar, and a clamping'bolt connecting said arms onthe concave side of the bar, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affixmy signature iii the presence of two witnesses.

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' Witnesses:

' JOSEPH MORLEY,

CARL STANGE. 

